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1397 Case before Governor Felix. Paul’s defense ACTS 23:29–24:18
certain the cause for which they
were accusing him, I brought
him down into their Sanhedrin.
a 29 I found him to be accused
about questions of their
Law, b but not charged with a single
thing deserving of death or
bonds. c 30 But because a plot d
that is to be laid against the
man has been disclosed to me, I
am at once sending him to you,
and commanding the accusers to
speak against him before you.” e
31 Therefore these soldiers f
took Paul according to their orders
and brought him by night to
An·tipa·tris. 32 The next day
they permitted the horsemen to
go on with him, and they returned
to the soldiers’ quarters.
33 The horsemen entered into
Caes·a·rea g and delivered the letter
to the governor and also presented
Paul to him. 34 So he
read it and inquired from what
province he was, and ascertained
h that he was from Ci·licia.
i 35 “I shall give you a thorough
hearing,” he said, “when
your accusers arrive also.” j And
he commanded that he be kept
under guard in the prae·tori·an
palace of Herod.
24
Five days later the high
priest An·a·nias k came
down with some older men and
a public speaker, a certain Tertullus,
and they gave information
l to the governor m against
Paul. 2 When he was called,
Ter·tullus started accusing him,
saying:
“Seeing that we enjoy great
peace n through you and that reforms
are taking place in this nation
through your forethought,
3 at all times and also in all
places we receive it, Your Excellency
o Felix, with the greatest
thankfulness. 4 But that I
may not hinder you any further,
I beseech you to hear us briefly
in your kindliness. 5 For we
have found this man a pestilent p
CHAP. 23
a Ac 22:30
b Ac 18:15
Ac 24:5
Ac 25:19
c Ac 26:31
d Ac 23:16
Ac 25:3
e Ac 24:8
Ac 25:5
Ac 25:11
f Ac 23:23
g Ac 8:40
h Ac 22:3
i Ac 6:9
Ac 21:39
j Ac 24:1
Ac 25:16
CHAP. 24
k Ac 23:2
l Ac 25:2
Ac 25:15
m Ac 23:26
n Ps 12:2
Ps 55:21
Pr 26:28
o Ac 23:26
p Mt 5:11
Ac 16:20
Ac 17:6
Second Col.
a Lu 23:2
Ac 19:40
b Mt 2:23
Ac 28:22
c Ac 21:28
d 1Pe 3:15
e Ac 21:26
f Ac 25:8
g Ac 21:28
h Ac 25:7
i Ex 3:15
Ac 3:13
Ac 26:22
2Ti 1:3
j De 18:18
Ac 28:23
Ro 3:21
k Ac 23:6
l Isa 26:19
Da 12:2
Mt 22:31
Joh 5:28
Joh 11:25
Re 20:12
m Lu 14:14
Heb 11:35
n Lu 23:43
o Da 6:5
Ac 23:1
1Co 4:4
Heb 13:18
p Ac 11:29
2Co 8:4
q Ac 21:26
fellow and stirring up seditions a
among all the Jews throughout
the inhabited earth and a spearhead
of the sect of the Naz·arenes,
b 6 one who also tried to
profane the temple c and whom
we seized. 7 —— 8 From him
you yourself can by examination
find out about all these things of
which we are accusing him.”
9 With that the Jews also
joined in the attack, asserting
that these things were so.
10 And Paul, when the governor
nodded to him to speak, answered:
“Knowing well that this nation
has had you as judge for
many years, I readily speak in my
defense d the things about myself,
11 as you are in a position to find
out that for me it has not been
more than twelve days since I
went up to worship e in Jerusalem;
12 and they found me neither
in the temple f arguing with
anyone nor causing a mob g to
rush together, either in the synagogues
or throughout the city.
13 Nor can they prove h to you the
things of which they are accusing
me right now. 14 But I do
admit this to you, that, according
to the way that they call a
‘sect,’ in this manner I am rendering
sacred service to the God
of my forefathers, i as I believe
all the things set forth in the
Law j and written in the Prophets;
15 and I have hope k toward
God, which hope these men
themselves also entertain, that
there is going to be a resurrection
l of both the righteous m
and the unrighteous. n 16 In
this respect, indeed, I am exercising
myself continually to have
a consciousness o of committing
no offense against God and men.
17 So after quite a number of
years I arrived to bring gifts of
mercytomynation,andofferings.
p 18 While I was at these
matters they found me ceremonially
cleansed in the temple, q